The moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours. No matter how weary or dreary you may feel, you possess the certainty that during the day that lies before you, absolutely anything may happen. And the fact that it practically always doesn't, matters not a jot. The possibility is always there. --M. Baldwin

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The human race is a single being

created from one jewel.

If one member is struck

all must feel the blow.

Only someone who cares for

the pain of others

can truly be called human. --Saadi, c. 1200 CE

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There are things you do because they feel right & they make no sense & they may make no money & it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other & to eat each other's cooking & say it was good. --From Story of the Day